Seed-planter



(No Model.)

O. W. SIMS.

' SEEDPLANTEE. No. 418,210. Patented Oct. 22, 1889.

.gllllll UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CORYDON W. SIMS, OF VVAYNESBOROUGH, GEORGIA.

SEED-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,210, dated October22, 1889.

Application filed January 8, 1889. Serial No. 295,809. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OORYDON WV. SIMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waynesborough, in the county of Burke and State of Georgia,have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Seed-Planters; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements incombined cotton-seed, pea, and corn planters; and it has for its objectsto simplify and improve upon previous devices of this character and torender them more durable and efficient in operation.

The invention in the present instance resides in the peculiarities ofconstruction and in the novel combination, arrangement, and adaptationof parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in thedrawings, and then particularly defined in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the let ters of reference marked thereon,form apart of thisspecification, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my device asarranged for cotton-seed planting. Fig. 2 is a like view of the hopperarranged for planting corn and peas. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of theagitator detached. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are details which will be moreparticularly hereinafter referred to by letters of reference.

Referring now to the details of the draw-- ings by letter, A designatesthe hopper, which may be of any suitable construction and shape, withits upper front portion formed on an in cline, as shown, to allow of thebetterworking of the connecting-rod. This hopper is suitably supported011 the frame B, of any preferred construction. At the rear ends of theside bars of this frame are secured the standards a, to the upper endsof which are secured the handles 1'), the forward ends of which aresecured to the side bars of the frame, as shown in Fig. 1. These handlesare connected by the cross-bar c.

C is the plow, having its standard adj ustably secured in a slot (Z inthe block e, held between the forward ends of the side bars of theframe. Secured to the forward end of said block is' a clevis D, whichmay be of any of the well-known forms of construction.

E E are spring-bars secured atone end to the under side of the side barsof the frame and extended to the rear thereof, and carrying at theirrear endsthe covering board or plate F, having at its ceiitera notch orrecess f, as shown in Fig. 1, in line with the furrowwheel G. Thefurrow-wheel G is journaled in suitable hearings or boxes on the sidebars of the frame in any suitable manner.

The agitator II is carried bya square shaft 9, having round ends 71,journaled in suitable boxes or bearings in the sides of the hopper. Oneside of the hopper is provided with a removable or hinged lower portionj, held to the side bar of the frame by suitable means, as

the hook and staple 7c and'z'. (Shown in Fig.

1.) This portion is shown as swung upon its hinges in Fig. 2. stirrer oragitator is-the curved pitman-rod I, the free end of which is formedwith a suitable hole 'm, to which is detachably secured one end of theconnecting-rod J, the opposite end of which is detachably secured to acrank olution of said wheel the agitator isoperated to agitate the seedin the hopper.

The device above described is specially designed for seeding cotton, andthe above description refers to Fig. 1.

The machine may be readily converted into a pea or corn planter in thefollowing manner: The rod J is disconnected from the shaft of the wheeland from the pitman-rod, and the said pitman rod is pushed back into theposition in which it is shown in Fig. 2, which throws forward theagitator, and the said pitman-rod and agitator are held in this positionby means of the pivoted bar K, secured at one end to the top of thehopper and adapted to be swung in front of thepitman-rod, as shown, andbe there secured in any suitable manner. The dropper platc'or slide L isthen fitted into the bottom of the hopper, which is provided withsuitable guides therefor, and the connecting rod J connected with the metension or arm n of said dropper-plate and Secured to the shaft of the.

in the shaft of the wheel G, so that in the revwith the crank of theshaft of the furrowwheel G, as shown in Fig. 2. The dropperplate beingremovably secured in position enables it to be readily replaced byanother, and by having interchangeable plates a variety of seed may bedropped by simply forming the holes in the plate to suit the characterof the seed to be planted.

M is a spring secured to the bottom of the hopper and serving to out offthe corn or peas, and N is a plate secured above the opening to preventthe seed from dropping in between the spring and the end of the hopper.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the hopper, of the plate N, secured above theopening in the bot- In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 0presence of two witnesses.

CORYDON W. SIMS. Witnesses:

JOHN R. ROBINSON, R. A. LAWSON.

